Specialist Respiratory Practitioner

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Specialist Respiratory Practitioner within the Integrated Cardio-Respiratory Services. This is a combined service working across hospital and community pathways, providing community services in clinic and home-based settings.

The service is a consultant led multidisciplinary team providing a range of service including; diagnostic clinics, COPD and asthma disease optimisation, exacerbation management, hospital discharge, home oxygen, pulmonary rehabilitation and dyspnoea management.

The aim is to provide a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective service integrating respiratory services across secondary and primary care, to enable continuity of care and give respiratory patients the opportunities to have access to care closer to their homes and end of life care in their homes.

The successful post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and dedicated social prescriber to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation and alternative models of therapy for patients who cannot attend pulmonary rehabilitation.

They will lead on home rehabilitation and community engagement initiatives with a dedicated focus on improving accessibility within the hard to reach populations.

They will have the opportunity to develop quality improvement and project management skills, working with a team of expert clinicians to promote the service  through poster presentations, abstract submission and conference attendance.

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate and manage the provision of high quality physiotherapy/nursing care to all adult respiratory patients alongside the consultants, AHP’s and nurses in respiratory medicine in a variety of settings to promote respiratory health within Imperial College Healthcare and the surrounding community.
• The respiratory practitioner will provide support and advice to doctors, nursing staff, allied health care specialists, patients and their families/carers, known to the community service, and ensure smooth transitions of care into and within the community setting.
• The respiratory practitioner will have the opportunity to rotate through different specialisms and settings within the Integrated respiratory service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.